27 March 1958Chairman of Council of MinistersNikita Sergeyevich Khruschev
Becomes Chairman of the Council of Ministers, combining the premiership with Communist Party leadership.
Historical records for Russia in 1958, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Becomes Chairman of the Council of Ministers, combining the premiership with Communist Party leadership.
Appointed First Deputy Prime Minister of the USSR
Appointed 2nd Secretary of the Komsomol Krai Committee
Appointed 2nd Secretary of the Komsomol Krai Committee
Kerensky continues political activity connected with coalition negotiations.
Begins difficult talks with Mao Zedong over defense cooperation, Taiwan and the direction of the Communist alliance.
Demands that Western powers end their occupation rights in West Berlin and proposes transforming it into a free city.
Challenges Western NATO powers over their occupation rights and military presence in Berlin.
Khrushchev issues an ultimatum giving the Western powers 6 months to agree to withdraw from Berlin and make it a free, demilitarized city
The achievement marks cherenkov theory recognition as an important Russian scientific milestone.
Shares the Nobel Prize for discovering and interpreting Cherenkov radiation.
Shares the Nobel Prize for the theoretical interpretation of Cherenkov radiation.
The achievement marks recognition of cherenkov radiation as an important Russian scientific milestone.
The category "enemies of the people" is eliminated
The Soviet legal system removes the Stalin-era category of enemies of the people.
Collaborates with historians studying the Russian Revolution.
Appointed Chairman of the Council of Minister's
The West replies to Russias ultimatum & tries to negotiate but the time limit expires
The West replies to Russias ultimatum & negotiates in Geneva. Intends to sign a peace with East Germany ending Allied rights in west Berlin
Appointed Director of the Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU)
Dismissed after the defeat of the "Anti-Party" group
Promotes an education reform linking secondary schooling more closely with practical and industrial work.
Appointed Head of the KGB
Appointed Manager of a hydroelectric station
Shares the Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering and interpreting the Cherenkov effect.
Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, for "Dr Zhivago"
Directs, The Cranes Are Flying
Appointed Member of Politburo, Candidate Member
Appointed Prime Minister of the Soviet Union
Becomes deputy chairman of the Central Committee bureau responsible for the Russian Soviet republic.
Directs preparation of the Seven-Year Plan intended to accelerate chemicals, energy and consumer production.
Suspends aid to the Chinese nuclear programme
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